Yeager At 1 Meeting, Signs Report

June 10, 1986|By Tom Scherberger of the Sentinel Staff

Legendary fighter pilot Chuck Yeager was allowed to sign the Challenger commission's report even though he attended only one, closed-door meeting and missed Monday's final session with President Reagan.

Yeager, the first person to break the sound barrier, has said he could not attend to his commission duties because of previous business commitments.

On Sunday, for example, Yeager spoke to the Alaska Medical Association in Anchorage. On Monday, he was on his way to Knoxville, Tenn., where he was scheduled to deliver another speech.

There had been reports that commission chairman William Rogers would not let Yeager sign the report because of his poor attendance at hearings during the commission's work.